tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post209495658983300332..comments2024-03-28T05:47:35.460-04:00Comments on MOLOVINSKY ON ALLENTOWN: Irony Of The Rt.222 Bypassmichael molovinskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-22390344237887111322016-08-03T20:41:43.297-04:002016-08-03T20:41:43.297-04:00It's gonna be a disaster in Lower and Upper Ma...It's gonna be a disaster in Lower and Upper Macungie. The geniuses who run our governments have so much love of the congestion of cities that they want to treat the suburbanites to the same joy. That project should have been a few hundred cottage homes for the over 55 gang who would pay high taxes and not put one little butt in our schools....a win-win. But the moneyed interest of the New York developers (who get tax deferrals that residents wouldn't have gotten) won over the leaders of our once-bucolic suburbs.George Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14913633538326352398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-50973918666754762352016-08-03T08:23:56.891-04:002016-08-03T08:23:56.891-04:00The congestion caused by this shopping center (and...The congestion caused by this shopping center (and even a few shopping centers elsewhere on the "bypass" corridor") is gonna be NOTHING compared to the congestion caused by the trucks going to and from the new mega warehouses at Mill Creek. That will be the real nail in the coffin for livability here. Just wait. People say the bypass is turning into MacArthur Road. I say, it's turning into Route 100. If you want to see what massive truck traffic looks like, hang out at Wawa at Schantz and Route 100 in Upper Mac for a few minutes. Better yet, try to drive the stretch of Route 100 between Schantz and Tilghman. But be careful!<br /><br />On the other end of the bypass, Lowes wants to build a new store right on top of Schantz Springs. God only knows what's in that soil that will become airborne or get into the water system once construction begins. (Who knows what the Hamilton Crossings project threw into the air?) The dangers of having truck traffic going on little tiny Schantz Road, right over the springs, cannot be understated. In addition to the traffic nightmare, an environmental disaster is just waiting to happen.<br /><br />People who live nearby, like myself, have watched our beautiful township go straight down the drain. I love my neighborhood - I love it so much - but I cannot see continuing to live here once my kids are out of the house. I just don't want to dodge trucks the rest of my life. The township officials say, repeatedly, that they are legally obligated to allow warehouses to be built seemingly everywhere, while residents like myself repeatedly complain that enough is enough. Why do we even need township officials if they are helpless to solve the biggest problem of this area?Monkey Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00810902920873689184noreply@blogger.com